| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Mining | An orthorhombic mineral, (Fe, Mg)2 Si2 O6; pyroxene group; dimorphous with clinoferrosilite; forms a series with enstatite. Symbol, Fs. Formerly called iron hypersthene; orthoferrosilite. Syn: ferrohypersthene. (references) | ||
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